Trilon® M – Biodegradable Chelate
New Insights into Home Care and Industrial & Institutional Applications
Trilon ® M, Methylglycinediacetic Acid (MGDA) is optimally positioned to meet
the trends and needs of Home Care and I&I.
Benefits
Sustainability – Regulatory – Transparency – Performance – Speed – Ease of Use
Performance
Labeling
• Readily biodegradable (OECD)
• Low molecular weight -> high efficiency and cost effective
• Powerful and strong chelating agent
• Fast action on inorganic and organic scale
• Safer choice & CleanGredients approved
• Numerous ecolabels for superior ecological
and toxicological profile
• Direct release approved
• GHS label (NO health hazard label and acute toxicity)
Home Care Applications
I&I Applications
Laundry Detergent - Fabric Treatment - Auto Dishwashing
Detergents - Hard Surface Cleaners - All-Purpose & Bathroom
Cleaners - Degreaser - Floor Cleaner
Laundry - Warewash - Hard Surface Cleaners - Degreaser Descaler - Floor Cleaner - Water Treatment - Marine Descaler Vehicle Wash - Dye Fixer
Auto Dishwashing
Detergents
• Reduce spotting & filming
Hard Surface
Cleaners
• Performance synergy with
strong acid cleaners
• Effective stain removal
• Boost performance in alkaline cleaner
Trilon M has been reviewed by EPA’s Safer Choice Program and
qualifies for use in Safer Choice-labeled products.
Clean-in-Place
(CIP)
• Superior removal of industrial scale
removal
• Up to 50% more cleaning power
over standard chelating agent
Hard Surface
Cleaners
• Increase cleaning performance for
alkaline and acidic cleaners
• Up to 100% more efficient over
next best
®
Vehicle Wash
• Increase cleaning performance with
near complete removal of soil
Auto Dishwashing Detergents
Trilon® M provides synergistic benefits in auto dish wash, delivering cost savings and premium distinctions, including spot and
film reduction, and more effective stain removal.
Hard Surface Cleaners
Trilon® M exhibits superior synergy with strong acids to boost
cleaning performance for potential cost-savings
Primary Cleaning - Calcium Stearate on Ceramic Tile
Synergy
90
80.9
80
60
50
40
29.2
28.5
Lutropur® M only
Trilon® M only
30
Sodium Citrate Alone
20
Trilon® M + Citrate
10
Trilon® M Alone
Trilon® M Alone
No spotting or filming!
Premium Formulation
Equal Cost Mid-tier Formulations
70
0
Lutropur® M +
Trilon® M
Lutropur® M is high purity Methanesulfonic Acid (MSA) 70% by BASF
Formulation
wt. %
Lutropur M
1.75
Trilon® M Liq
3.81
®
Lutensol XL 80
1.2
®
Butyl Diglycol
1.5
®
Water
91.74
Vehicle Wash
Trilon® M is most effective for water conditioning in vehicle wash and increases cleaning performance with near complete removal of soil.
No chelating
agent
Formulation
GLDA
IDS
Sodium Citrate
wt. %
®
Lutensol XP 40
10
Anionic surfactant
5
Chelating agent (active)
4
De-ionized water
Trilon® M
Up to 100
Greasy Soil
58% Motor Oil
17% Spindle Oil
25% Carbon Black
Trilon® M prevents hard water antagonism
For effective vehicle washing over all other chelates
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